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September 10, 1979 AP Football Poll

Rank

 

Team (FPV)

 

Conf

 

WLT

 

PTS

 

CP

 

Last Week

1

  <  1

 

USC (45)

 

Pac-10

 

1-0

 

1222

 

 

W 21-7 at Texas Tech

2

  <  2

 

Alabama (14)

 

SEC

 

1-0

 

1172

 

 

 

3

  <  3

 

Oklahoma (2)

 

Big 8

 

0-0

 

1068

 

 

DNP

4

  <  4

 

Texas (1)

 

SWC

 

0-0

 

962

 

 

 

5

  <  6

 

Purdue

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

931

 

 

 

6

  <  7

 

Michigan

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

898

 

 

 

7

  <  5

 

Penn State

 

Ind

 

0-0

 

823

 

 

 

8

  <  8

 

Nebraska

 

Big 8

 

0-0

 

742

 

 

 

9

  <  9

 

Notre Dame

 

Ind

 

0-0

 

644

 

 

 

10

  <  10

 

Michigan State

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

594

 

 

 

11

  <  12

 

Missouri

 

Big 8

 

1-0

 

575

 

 

 

12

  <  11

 

Georgia

 

SEC

 

0-0

 

521

 

 

 

13

  <  16

 

Houston

 

SWC

 

1-0

 

477

 

 

 

14

  <  15

 

Washington

 

Pac-10

 

1-0

 

444

 

 

 

15

  <  NR

 

Ohio State

 

Big Ten

 

1-0

 

342

 

 

 

16

  <  17

 

Pittsburgh

 

Ind

 

0-0

 

278

 

 

 

17

  <  20

 

Arkansas

 

SWC

 

0-0

 

241

 

 

 

18

  <  19

 

Florida State

 

Ind

 

1-0

 

170

 

 

 

19

  <  NR

 

NC State

 

ACC

 

1-0

 

163

 

 

 

20

  <  NR

 

SMU

 

SWC

 

1-0

 

118

 

 

 

NR

  <  18

 

Arizona State

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  13

 

Stanford

 

Pac-10

 

 

 

 

 

NR

  <  14

 

Texas A&M

 

SWC

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES
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- * = Received first place votes (non-AP rankings)
- CP = Coaches Poll (1950 to present)
- HP = Harris Poll (2005 to present; starts in late September)
- BCS = BCS Rankings (1998 to present; starts in mid-October)
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- Regular-season polls from 1936-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-67 had 10 teams (except for the 1961 final poll which had 20), and 1989-present had 25 teams.
- This weekly poll data was contributed to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia

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